Taking the Mick
Feb 3, 2008 Campaigns, FOI in Parliament, FOI in the news
I’ve had my first feature profile in today’s Scotland on Sunday about my battle with Speaker of the House Michael Martin over MPs’ expenses:
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February 6th, 2008 at 8:13 pm
Another snout in the trough and a protectionist for other greedy snouters!
What does this silly man do anyway to earn such an extortionate salary with perks, I mean expenses?? Perhaps he should lead by example and declare his own expenses first, doubt it though!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
March 18th, 2008 at 3:06 pm
How about their postage and stationery claims? Siobhain McDonagh claimed £35,207 during 2006-7 and at .34p per stamp she’s saying she wrote 1,991 letters per 7 day week. Others, at this end of the scale are Liam Byrne £28,170; Andrew Dismore £20,665; Margaret Hodge £26,689; Tom Levitt £23,700; Shadik Malik £21,266. As a comparison: Frank Field charged £1,325; Liam Fox £1,374; David Heathcote-Amery £80.
How about eg: Bernard Jenkin and Lynne Jones charging £14,000 for “staff cover” on top of £77,000 and £98,000 for normal staff costs?
and they say they could do better in the ‘outside world’!!!!